June 11, 2013

Smuggled dinosaur fossil returned to Mongolia goes on public display - UPI.com

Smuggled dinosaur fossil returned to Mongolia goes on public display - UPI.com: "ULAN BATOR, Mongolia, June 10 (UPI) -- An exhibition of fossils returned to Mongolia after being smuggled into the Unites States has gone on display in the capital of Ulan Bator, officials said.

Hundreds of spectators gathered at the city's Sukhbaatar Square Saturday to view the fossils, particularly one of a Tyrannosaurus that had gone on auction in New York on May of last year, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported.

The Mongolian government lodged a protest, claiming it had been illegally removed from the county and asking the U.S. government to return it."

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